4 days out!

[tfons01]

I posted here the other day saying I was going in at 530 on the 31st... surgery went great ended up with a 25mm On X Aortic Valve and repaired anuresym. My surgeon Mario Pompili at Santa Clara Kaiser did an amazing job. Feeling better everyday, would say the worst parts were 3 hours of post op breathing tube. Then also the removal of wiring and drainage tubes 3 days out. So far feeling great waiting for my cumadin levels to reach goal and I'll be headed home! I want to thank everyone who participates on these forums I wouldn't have been able to do it with your stories!

thanks!! So glad to be back on this side!

 

[FredW]

Welcome to the other side. Recovering gets only better with time. Sounds like you had a great surgery team. Be kind to yourself for a few weeks.

 

[dick0236]

Welcome to the other side. It'l get a lot easier now.....and as Fred says, "be kind to yourself for a few weeks".

 

[pellicle]

Hi

glad you are doing well.

Take it easy and rest and recover. Take small steps forward so as to not take slips backwards

Best Wishes

 

[honeybunny]

Welcome! Glad to hear that your recovery is going smoothly. Thanks for the update~

 

[epstns]

Well. . . we all feel great when sitting in our chairs and waiting for some doc to come and let us go home. Take it easy for a while, though, as most of us found ourselves to be weaker at first than we thought. As pellicle suggests, take small forward steps to help avoid taking major backward ones. Just do a small bit more each day and you will soon regain your strength.

Also, the sage advice I received after my surgery still holds. "Don't sweat the small stuff. . . and by the way, it is all small stuff." In other words, unless it seems like a major issue, don't worry about it. Just get on with healing and with life. You'll do fine.

 

[dixitworld]

Hi All,

Nice to see such a positive energy here.

I have my AVR done in 2010 and now i am diagnosed with Ascending Aorta aneurysm. So this is going to be mine second open heart surgery. So i feel myself as one of the most unluckiest lot on earth. I have my kaiser insurance and currently Dr Mario Pompili from Kaiser Santa Clara and Vicken Melikian from Kaiser SFO are assigned as surgeons to me.

I was also checking with Stanford and met Dr. Craig Miller who had much name for aortic surgeries but found him too much old , he seems to be 72 years plus with shaky hands little bit

I am so much confused now whom to chose. Is Kaiser (Dr. Pompili and Dr . Melikian) good enough for me to do second surgery or should i consider Stanford brand name for this complex surgery.

Feedback from all members are welcomed please. I have some 5 days to make a decision.